Electrically-Driven Reverse Overhauser Pumping of Nuclear Spins in Quantum Dots

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2007-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/0710.1076v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 246602 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.246602

We propose a new mechanism for polarizing nuclear spins in quantum dots, based on periodic modulation of the hyperfine coupling by electric driving at the electron spin resonance frequency. Dynamical nuclear polarization results from resonant excitation rather than hyperfine relaxation mediated by a thermal bath, and thus is not subject to Overhauser-like detailed balance constraints. This allows polarization in the direction opposite to that expected from the Overhauser effect. Competition of the electrically-driven and bath assisted mechanisms can give rise to spatial modulation and sign reversal of polarization on a scale smaller than the electron confinement radius in the dot. The relation to reverse Overhauser polarization observed in GaAs quantum dots is discussed.

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